Football

The Oakland Raiders released cornerback Stanford Routt less than a year after signing him to a blockbuster deal.

The Jaguars’ new strength and conditioning staff isn’t putting all of its emphasis on the weight room. “The athletes have to be prepared to play the game. I think fitness is the most important aspect for football,’’ said Tom Myslinski, a fo...

Several participants were wired for sound at the Super Bowl for “Sound FX,” an NFL Network show, and some of their utterances were priceless.

Late in the Super Bowl, on the Patriots' final drive, the Giants were called for having 12 men on the field. It was good strategy, although almost certainly unintentional.

The Jets congratulate the Giants again, but better relations between the two sides will probably depend upon Rex Ryan.

Late in the Super Bowl, Bill Belichick told his defenders to focus on Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks. If Mario Manningham or Bear Pascoe beat them, so be it, he said.

Howard Bryant has a good piece about our increasingly shrill sports culture over at ESPN:...

After a failure to connect, a failure to communicate by Gisele Bundchen and Brandon Jacobs.

[video = http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=856389n 600] In honor of Ricky Williams’ retirement, we have posted the footage from one of the best interviews that I saw of him from Mike Wallace of CBS’ 60 Minutes On Tuesday February 7th, o...

Did the Giants hold onto receiver Victor Cruz because of Rex Ryan's big mouth? It's almost too good to be true.

New Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey completed his staff of 21 assistant coaches Wednesday when he hired Ron Prince as assistant offensive line coach. Prince has 20 years of coaching experience, 18 in the college ranks, including three years as the Kansas...